INDEX. 



631 



Apples — continued^ 

 Ribston Pippin, 138, 



145, 148 

 St. Sauveur, 149 

 Sam Young, 149 

 Scarlet Crab, 152 



Nonpareil, 138, 147 

 Screvetoa's Golden 



Pippin, 147 

 Siberian Bitter-Sweet, 

 153 

 Crab, 152 

 Harvey, 153 

 Small's Gjlden Pippin, 



149 

 Spring Ribston, 149 

 Stirling Castle, 151 

 Sturmer Pippin, 148 

 Summer Golden Pip- 

 pin, 149 

 Sykehouse Russet, 149 

 Ulmer's Golden Rem- 



ette, 149 

 Victoria, 14^ 

 Warner's Kmg, 151 

 Webb's Russet, 149 

 Wellington, 151 

 White Juneating, 142, 



Williams Favourite, 



Winter Greenmg, 152 



Peach, 151 

 Wyken Pippin, 149 



Apples, cider, varieties 



of, 138, 152 

 cooking, list of, 119 

 dessert, list of, 144, 149 

 different in texture, 



138 

 fungus of, 367 



how prevented, 143 

 storing of, 143 

 time for gathering of, 



143 

 A^cots, growth of, 171 

 Breda, 172 



Early Kaisha, 172 

 Moorpark, 171 

 Peach, 171 

 Apricot-trees, training of, 



Asplenium trichomanes, 



371 . , 

 Aquatic plants, 41 

 Aquilegia vulgaris, 229 

 Araucaria imbricata, 431 

 Arbor- Vita;, Chinese, 434 



or Thuja, 434 

 Arbutus unedo, 422 

 Archangelica officinalis, 



126 

 Arch-Duchesse Augusta 



camellia, 250 

 Ardea dnerea, 529 

 Arenaria balearica, 323 

 Anon ater, 491 

 Aristolochia gigas, 286 

 Armed tapeworm, 452 

 Armeria vulgaris, 322 

 Arms of the Carew 



family, 9 

 Aromatic plants, 124 

 Aronta moschata, 468 

 Arrow-head plant, 340 

 Artemisia absinthium, 134 



Dracunculus, 129 

 Artichokes, xx6 



Jerusalem, 121 

 Arum maculatum, 343 

 Arundo donax, 44, 333 

 Arvicola pratensis, 520 

 Arvicula amphibia, 518 

 Ascomyces deformans, 



369 



Ascosporium deformans, 



Ash, common, 417 

 mountain, 417 

 weeping, 417 

 Ashes of burnt cutting of 

 trees used- for vine 

 borders, 51 , 



Ashmead's Kernel apple, 



149 

 Asparagus, 114 



beetle, 469 



kale, 113 



knife, 60 



offensive if watered with 



a solution of putrid 



matter, 51 



officinalis, 114 



the reason for salting 



beds of, 50 

 Aspen, 4n 



Asperula odorata, 127,332 

 Aspidiotus nerii, 47S 

 Aspidium aculeatum, 399 



coriaceum, 399 



falcatum, 399 



Lonchitis, 399 



proliferum, 399 

 Aspidiums, 399 

 Asplenium Adiantum-ni- 

 grum, 371, 376, 397 



attenuatum, 398 



auritum, 398 



australasicum, 397 



Belangeri, 397 



British, 376' 



bulbiferum, 398 



canariense, 397 



caudatum, 397 



Ceterach, 398 



dispersum, 398 



falcatum, 398 



Filix-fffimina, 397 



flabel latum, 398 



flabellifolium, 397 



fontanum, 376, 397 



formosum, 398 



fragrans, 397 



germanicum, 43, 372, 



376- 397 

 goldianum, var. pictum, 



385 

 laceratum, 397 

 lanceolatum, 376, 397 

 macilentum, 398 

 raacrophyllum, 398 

 marinum, 373, 376, 39^ 

 nidus, var. australasi- 

 cum, 398 

 nitidum, 397 

 prsemorsum, 397 

 rhizophorum, 398 

 Ruta-muraria, 371, 372, 

 376, 397 , 

 septentnonale, 371, 3721 



376, 397 

 serra, 398 



Trichomanes, 376, 397 

 viride, 371, 37^. 397 

 vivipirum, 397 



Aspleniums, 397 



Assyrians, gardens of the, 



567 ^ . .,. 

 Astacus fluviatihs, 449 

 Aster, 244 



chinensis, 244 



chrysanthemum- 

 flowered, 244 



miniature, 244 



peony-flowered," 244 



pyramidal, 244 



quilled, 244 

 Astrachan apple, 149 

 Athyrium, 385 



Filix-foemina, 381 



flexile, 371 



Atlas nut, 197 

 Atmosphere for growing 

 plants, 49 

 Attfield, Professor, 34 

 Aubrey, the historian, 

 quoted, 11, 13 

 Aubrietia Campbelli, 328 

 Aucuba japonica, 437 

 Aurore du Matin rose, 

 271 

 Australian cress, 94 

 Austrian briar rose, 269 

 Autumn Bergamot pear, 



161 



Josephine pear, 162 

 Axe, 59 

 Azalea altaclarensis, 442 



Cedo nuUi, 251 



Countess of Flanders, 

 251 



Due de Nassau, 251 



eclatante, 151 



extranei, 251 



indica, 250 



Iveryana, 251 



Julius Caesar, 442 



La D^esse, 251 



Madame Dominique 

 Vervaene, 251 



Madame Vervaene, 251 



Ne Plus Ultra, 442 



Pontica, 442 



Prince Henry des Pays 

 Bas, 442 



Roi d'Hollande, 251 



Souvenir du Prince 

 Albert, 251 



Stella, 251 



Viscocephala, 442 



viscosa, 442 



yellow, 442 

 Azaleas, 250, 44 t 



soils used for, 49 



varieties of, 442 



B. 



Babylon, hanging gardens 



of, 565 

 Backhouse, Messrs., 308, 



320, 388, 391 



Baker, Mr., 38S, 399, 400 

 Baking pears, 15s 

 Balaninus nucum, 467 

 Baldfaced coot, 529 

 Balm, 12s 

 Balsam of Peru, 523 

 Balsam poplar, 412 

 Banana, Abyssinia, 203 



growth of, 203 

 Banks, Sir Joseph, 204 

 Banksian Rose, 276 

 Banksman Gooseberry, 



180 

 Barbarea prsecox, 94 

 Barbarossa vine, 1S9 

 Barbe du Capucin, 96 

 Barometer, 66 

 Baron de Wassenaer rosCj 



278 

 Baroness Adolplie de 



Rothschild rose, 271 

 Baronne de Noumont 



rose, 275 



Barr, Mr., 132, 213 

 Barrow, Mr., 190 

 Basil, 128 

 Bat, common, 517 



great, 517 

 Batatas eduhs, 122 

 Bateman, Mr., 29 

 Bath Cos lettuce, 94 

 Bati-achospermum monili- 



forme, 347 

 Bats, 516 

 Battersea cabbage, no 



Baxter, on the site of No- 

 viomagus, 5 

 Baxter's Pearmain apple, 

 149 

 Bay-trees, 436 

 Bead, Anglo-Saxon, found 

 in Irrigation fields, 7 

 bronze, found amongst 

 Roman remains, 3 

 Beadnell's Seedling pear, 



161 

 Bealii camellia, 250 

 Bean, 106 

 aphis, 107, 475 

 hog, 330 



Dwai f Negro, 107 

 French, io3 

 Green Long-pod, 106 

 kidney, 107 

 Long-pod, 106 

 Mazagan, 106 

 NewingtonWonder, 107 

 scarlet runner, 108 

 Bean-stalks, amount of 



potash in ashes of, 50 

 Beans, propagated by 



seeds, 84 

 Bed of sand. Lower Tc- 

 tiary series, described, 20 

 Bed, watercress, site of, 44 



Bedding Plants, 234 :— 

 Ageratum raexicanum, 



236 

 Amaranthus saliclfolius, 



238 

 Brugmansia suavco- 



lens, 238 

 calceolarias, 236 

 Coleus, 238 

 Datura arborea, 238 

 echeverias, 238 

 Gazania, 239 

 geraniums, varieties of, 



234 

 golden pyrethrum, 238 

 heliotropes, 237 

 lobelias, 236 

 pelargoniums, varieties 



of, 235 

 petunias, 236 

 salvias, 237 

 verbenas, 237 



Beddington, account of 

 the two manors and 

 of their proprietors, 7 

 advowson and living of 



St. Mary's, 14 

 ancient brasses and 

 other monuments, 13 

 Anglo-Saxon remains 



found at, 6 

 at the present time, 14 

 case of longevity at, 15 

 Council held at Mannr 

 House byHenryVIIL, 



9. 



coins found at, 3, 4, 7, 



^7 . 

 Celtic remams found 



at, r 

 description of St.Mary's 



Church, II 

 extraordinary size of 



trees at, 13 

 Henry VI 11. resided at 



Manor House, 9 

 history of, in medieeval 



period, 7 

 House, built by Sir 



Francis Carew, 9 

 Irrigarion fields, 3, 6, 33 

 Mr., 4 

 My Garden in parish 



of, I 



Beddington, lawsuit about 

 parsonage house Sit, 



14 

 parish of, I 



number of acres in, i 

 Plague at, 15 

 population of, i 

 present proprietor of, 16 

 Queen Elizabeth's oak, 

 18 

 Rectors of, 12 

 Roman remains found 

 at, 2 



Sewage-grounds. 33 

 story of the cherries, 



10 

 token issued at,in seven- 

 teenth century, 13 

 visits of Queen Eliza- 

 beth to, 9 



will of Sir Nicholas 

 Carew, of, 13, 14 

 Park, ig8, 200 

 formerly stocked with 

 deer, 14 

 and Orangery, lo 

 Beddintone, i 

 Beds, flower, how ar- 

 ranged, 37 

 Bee, honey, 458 

 humble, 459 

 orchid, 293, 317 

 Beech, 418 

 copper, 418 

 pendulous, 419 

 purple, 419 

 Beech fern, 41,371, 378,400 

 Beechwood melon, 196 

 Beef measles, how occa- 

 sioned, 451 

 tapeworm, 451 

 Beet, Carter's variety, 102 

 Cattell's, 102 

 Henderson's pine-apple, 



lOZ 



Nutting's, 102 



spinach, 109 



sugar, 105 

 Beet -roots can be used for 

 bread, 102 

 Beetle, asparagus, 469 



dung, 466 



musk, 468 ^ 



rove, 470 



stag, 465 



wire-worm, 468 

 Beetles, 465 



mites of, 453 



water, 470 

 Begonia, climbing, 262 



rex, 262 

 Begonias, 262 

 Belemnitella, allies of the 

 cuttle-fish found in them, 

 24 



Belgian Purple plum, 169 

 Belle de Louvain plum, 



169 

 Bellegard peach, 173 

 Beltis perennis, 226 

 BellissimS d'Hiver pear, 



Benedictine pear, 162 

 Bennett, Mr. Risdon, 30 

 I'enoni apple, 144 

 Berberis, 439 

 Berberis dulcis, 439 



Berberry, 329 

 Berkeley, Rev. Mr., 



3S6 



359. 363. 368, 369 

 Bermondsey, 14 

 Bess Pool apple, 149 

 Beta chilensis, 243 



vulgaris, 102 

 Bete de la Viferge (Coc- 



cinellidae), 470 



